Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP maintains a well-established REITs practice advising public and private REITs on capital markets, M&A, and tax matters across a range of asset classes. The team is led by Washington DC-based Stuart Barr, who heads the REIT practice and advises on complex REIT IPOs, securities offerings, and strategic transactions involving hospitality, multifamily, office, and data center assets. New York-based Libin Zhang focuses on REIT tax structuring, advising REITs, fund managers, and investors on real estate transactions, joint ventures, and cross-border matters. Todd Pollock advises US and international clients on REIT-related tax matters, including fund formations, mergers and acquisitions, and investment structuring. Cameron Cosby departed the firm in April 2025.
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- 'The team is knowledgeable, and produces great quality of work.'
- 'The team is very responsive and provides practical solutions. Given the depth of knowledge and experience the team has, we generally come to a solution relatively quickly without further research.'
- 'I enjoy working with Libin Zhang. He is very responsive, always available, and easy to talk through problems to come to a practical solution. His technical tax knowledge is incredible and he always has answers to my questions. He always seems to understand the problems and have solutions.'
Key clients
- Acadia Realty Trust Underwriters
- BlackRock
- Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Centerbridge Partners
- Cloud Capital
- Conversant Capital
- Crow Holding Capital
- Extra Space Storage, Inc. Underwriters
- FrontView REIT
- RXR
- West Street Infrastructure Partners
Work highlights
Acting as counsel to the underwriters in connection with Extra Space Storage LP’s issuance of $800 million senior notes, among other transactions worth $1.95 billion in aggregate
Acting as counsel to Crow Holdings Capital and Allianz in their sale of an industrial real estate portfolio to Core+ funds affiliated with Blackstone Real Estate.
Acting as counsel to FrontView REIT in its $250.8 million initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Stuart Barr
Other key lawyers
Libin Zhang; Todd Pollock